mid-70's through the central valley and 68 in yosemite.-to-mid 70's in san diego and los angeles. in tahoe, the average high is 54 and well flirt with 60 with sun for the better part of the weekend. leyla gulen? >> as we take you right back into oakland, we have this accident, eastbound 580, at seminary, blocking one lane involving a big rig. it was causing slowing but it appears that has dissipated. the prosecute of the drive through oakland is moving along at top speed. a nice cheer commute but what is not is clear is the fog that is completely enveloping the bridges. this is the bay bridge toll plaza which is socked in at this hour. it is coming from emeryville for san francisco. at golden gate bridge we have another fog advisory and a little bit construction moving up north as the cones are picked up. we have a fog advisory for the richmond-san rafael bridge so drive slower. >> over to you. >> a federal investigation of the west contra costa school district found an environment of sexual harassment and violence among students and lack

but what's almost unbelievable is how he was able to climb yosemite's el capitan. as ktvu's john sasaki reports he's been in a wheelchair his entire life. >> reporter: steve wom pler seems like a guy who might need a lot of help. >> 99% of society thinks that i need help and i beg to differ. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in fact, it's easy to see the wheelchair-bound lafayette native has always done what he set his mind to. he graduated from uc davis, married with two great kids and started his own foundation. >> i just don't ever let anything stop me from doing anything. >> reporter: in 2008, steve set his mind to something that seems absurd. he decided to climb the 2200- foot route up el capitan in yosemite. >> almost unachievable wall to surmount. >> reporter: and made a movie about it. he was never a climber. he has a fear of heights. and yes, he has cerebral palsy. >> insane. >> reporter: a good able-bodied climber can do the climb in two days. >> how far did you get the first day? >> 400 feet. >> reporter: using a pully system he created, steve says he pulled him

scientists at uc davis found this one suffered an early death near yosemite last month. he's part of a population has been exposed to an illegal form of rat poison. >> how deadly are these chemicals? >> they're acutely poisonous. >> so strong, a quarter teaspoon can kill a 500-pound lion. pot farmers are using 50 times that and 0 a single plant to keep animals away from their crops. gabriel has found 86% of the fischers he's studying have been exposed to the poison six have died so far. >> i got a signal. >> with the help of a wildlife biologist on a hupa valley indian reservation, they tag the fischers and set up cameras to track them. we hikeded into one of those recently abandoned grow seitz where we saw the trash. >> you'll see cans and things. >> and poison left after growers finished the season's crop. >> you could deplete a whole prey base in an area so many species are dependent on, northern spotted owls, fischers, hum belt martins. >> last year a government task force spent $23 million hunting down and seizing marijuana plants on public land in california. but l

now the dream of a rock climbing entrepreneur wanted to express love at the top of a mountain in yosemiteor an extreme wedding company. the company unfortunately never got east ground after dying in a climbing incident after taken but the pictures have gone viral. his friend and fellow photographer remembers talking about the photos. >> it was an idea and a wedding dress and he was literally walking around the camp, the climber village in i don't cement -- in yosemite looking for girls that fit the wedding dress. >> the photos was dormant after the death and is just now surfacing. >> the only news continues at 5:30 with the top stories. >> including the heated debate as the city council takes up a youth curfew. >> messy problem for a bay area police department runs with new damage at oakland police headquarters after a [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway is just what they crave. a hero of the table, "so delicious" they'll rave. fresh, natural, frozen. it's the best selection

. >> a yosemite national park employee helping others after her own near death experience.sica garcia nearly died after being injureed and trapped in the wilderness. >> you made it to the foot bridge? >> yes. >> we're done. >> good hike. >> garcia spends a day a week hiking trails. >> coming back down trails. >> part of the time she volunteered to stop and talk with visitors about safety. >> enjoy and have a safe hike. >> jessica is one of the newest members in the search and rescue team known. >> there are close points. could be just a shear drop if you got too close. it's not worth going down into a ravine because you'll end up stuck there. >> reporter: incredible she's able to walk, hike or volunteer. jessica nearly died at the park last year, she was kes res cued after spending in our painful day she slipped and went over a 35 foot ledge. the fall shattered portions of her spine, fracturing her pelvis and femur. jessica snapped these pictures where she was trapped surrounded by boulders the size of cars. she crawled to find shelter surviving with no food and little wate

. >> a yosemite national park employee helping others after her own near death experience. jessica garcia nearly died after being injureed and trapped in the wilderness. >> you made it to the foot bridge? >> yes. >> we're done. >> good hike. >> garcia spends a day a week hiking trails. >> coming back down trails. >> part of the time she volunteered to stop and talk with visitors about safety. >> enjoy and have a safe hike. >> jessica is one of the newest members in the search and rescue team known. >> there are close points. could be just a shear drop if you got too close. it's not worth going down into a ravine because you'll end up stuck there. >> reporter: incredible she's able to walk, hike or volunteer. jessica nearly died at the park last year, she was kes res cued after spending in our painful day she slipped and went over a 35 foot ledge. the fall shattered portions of her spine, fracturing her pelvis and femur. jessica snapped these pictures where she was trapped surrounded by boulders the size of cars. she crawled to find shelter surviving with no food and little

. >>> if you want to visit yosemite or other national parks this is a weekend to do it for free. admission fees saturday, november 9th through monday, november 11th. it's offered to all visitors in honor of veterans and members of the armed forces. this is only for getting into the park, and camping is not included. here is an interesting fact. 100 vets are employed in yosemite. >>> sxeers k mart adding their names to the growing list of retailer who's will be open on thanksgiving day. so shoppers can get an early start on black friday shopping. customers can grab deals for 41 straight hours starting at 6:00 a.m on thanksgiving day. and ending at 11:00 p.m on black tri. -- friday. with more than a thousand door buster specials available until 1:00 p.m friday afternoon. thanksgiving thursday is now the new black friday. coming up, on abc7 news at 5:00 i team up with consumer reports to put charging maps to the test how fast can they power up? we'll find out and show you. coming up. >> yes. >> really? >> yes >> we'll see you at >> how doing yoga is helping you out. >> coming up at

. >> se kwoi roy chase can yop, just south of yosemite, but look closely and you'll see it.rest service land used as marijuana grow sites. >> it's a huge problem. almost an epidemic in our community. >> an epidemic with destructive effects. it now goes beyond the politics of pot. >> so what we know is there's a massive use of tox cants out there. >> i know they're specifically targeting animals. anything that can bill a bear is going to kill many other wild life. >> they're wreaking havoc on some of california's rarest species and most precious resources. >> here is well over,000 pounds of plnl. >> this is the new ground zero for marijuana cultivation in california. >> 454 grams. >> so far this year, the fresno county sheriff department has identified more than 500 grow sites. and seized more than 2400 plants. other sites were discovered just outside of public land. >> how far are away are we from federal land? >> just over that hill. . >> reporter: we followed along as this team dpis covered shotguns, ammo, nearly 3 plants own the poison used to protect them. >> fach ral sn

. >>> east bay native accomplished something very few people would think of doing, he scaled yosemiteasel captain. what makes his story -- el captain. what makes his story more remarkable is he has cerebral palsy. >> reporter: he admits he may seem like someone who needs a lot of help. >> 9% of -- 99% of society think i need help and i beg to differ. >> reporter: in fact it is easy to see the wheelchair bound native, has always done what he has set his mind to. he graduated from uc davis, married with two great kids and started his own foundation >> i don't let anything stop me from doing anything. >> reporter: in 2008 he set his mind to something that seems absurd. he decided to climb the 2200- foot route up el captain in yosemite and make a movie about the journey. he was never a climber, he has a fear of heights and yes, he has cerebral palsy. >> it is insane. >> reporter: a good able body 'd climber can do it in two days. >> how far first day. >> 400 feet. >> reporter: using a pullly system he created he pulled himself up 2 inches at a time and he camped on the rock face, five str

. >>> east bay native accomplished something very few people would think of doing, he scaled yosemiteasel captain. what makes his story -- el captain. what makes his story more remarkable is he has cerebral palsy. >> reporter: he admits he may seem like someone who needs a lot of help. >> 9% of -- 99% of society think i need help and i beg to differ. >> reporter: in fact it is easy to see the wheelchair bound native, has always done what he has set his mind to. he graduated from uc davis, married with two great kids and started his own foundation >> i don't let anything stop me from doing anything. >> reporter: in 2008 he set his mind to something that seems absurd. he decided to climb the 2200- foot route up el captain in yosemite and make a movie about the journey. he was never a climber, he has a fear of heights and yes, he has cerebral palsy. >> it is insane. >> reporter: a good able body 'd climber can do it in two days. >> how far first day. >> 400 feet. >> reporter: using a pullly system he created he pulled himself up 2 inches at a time and he camped on the rock face, five str

proud it is a span that will withstand centuries and will be with us so long as the large place in yosemite and which our firefighters are currently fighting to protect from the rim fire. i also want to take this opportunity to thank the workers for their incredible work on this stand (clapping) a year ago i had the privilege as a guest of california trans to bring many folks from building trade to look and take a tour of the new span and also to go to the very top of the tower and it was breath i taking. and we're so, so pleased that labor used their blood, sweat and tears and going got good jobs and will continue to get good jobs and they remove the industry. and i'll introduce my colleague from the other side of the span senator mark (clapping) >> thank you essentially woman it's a great pleasure to be here. fellow elected colleagues and distinguished guests i want to over my heartfelt thanks to the contractors and workers and m t c, caltrans, california transportation mission and, of course, the voters who have done what was necessary to get us to this day. it's been said woven a web th

this is a restroom in yosemite. we discovered these above phoenix. then there's art work which celebrates people doing ordinary but indispensable stuff. this is up at timber line lodge. they were not used to seeing them or getting classes in journalism. they would get people in trouble. sometimes the art or the artist got in trouble. let's look at a few of the structures around california. this is built by the wpa. the noblist motive is the public good. imagine anybody saying that today. this kind of work is a noble endeavor. county courthouses like this one in alameda. city halls all over california in a variety of styles. this one is at burbank. it hasn't been touched. fire stations all over the place. and police stations and armories. this is the police stables in golden gate park and public libraries. and then one at north berkeley. public hospitals. clinics and sanitary. as well as polio people did get tuberculosis. remember that counties were strapped for funds. so the wpa gave it to them. children got health care. we were headed for a national

yosemite partly cloudy and 46. satday, this is going to be an awesome day for brunch. 6in oakland. napa 65. san jose 67. sunday rather, that is going to be the best day in that recast. we also want t advance the story to ourext weath maker. that's ing to be tsday next week. that's when showers will enter the forecast. tuesday, wednesday, and thursday we'll have that possibility of showers. those temperares will contie to stayool in that forecast. ase head thrughout the next couple of days, we he a few changes, but ovell a pretty nice saturday fecastoming r way. >>> how mother nature layed the start of crab season. > one peninsula city wants it off office to start wearing something. >>> then more from gotham city. >>> the nati's unprecedente at the make aish foundation. they postedn apology. th nonprofit foundation was startedn 1980 and isased in phoix. >>> a new tool in the fght against crime for one peninsul policeepartment. e palo alto city cncil is expected t appre a contrac providing nine officers with bodyameras. the palo alt police department says the contract woul upgrade ca

scientists found this one met an early death in yosemite last month. it's part of a population that's been exposed to an illegal form of rat poison. >> how deadly are these chemicals? >> they're acutely poisonous. >> so strong, a teaspoon can kill a 500-pound lion. pot farmers are using 50 times that on a single plant to keep animals away from their crops. gabe yelle has found 50% of the fishers he's studying have been exposed to the poison. six have died so far. with the help of a wild life biologist, they tag the fishers and set up cameras to track them. we hiked into one of those recently abandoned grow sites where we saw the crash. >> you'll see cans and things. >> and poison left after growers finish the crop. so many species are dependent. northern spotted owls, fishers. >> last year, a government task force spent $23 hunting down and seizing marijuana plants on public land in california. but little funding is set aside for the clean-up. and that could have affects even beyond the wildlife for years to come. >> what happens when it goes downstrea

. >>> ferma had denied of the past summer rim fire around yosemite national park. ferma says it is reviewed found that the damage was not severe enough to require federal assistance. the fire burned more than 400 square miles and damaged roads and water systems and dozens of buildings. >>> a violent attack on a defense less man and the mystery surrounding the incident and the response from an advocate. >>> it is our final regular season high school football game, undefeated with the ball against cardinals newman, we'll have a live report. >>> the bay area is in the clear right now, coming up we'll have some patchy fog first thing tomorrow morning and the one change that can change your rain forecast in your five days. >>> the sound echoes through the national airport terminal 3 this morning, staff and passengers hon other of the agent that's shot and killed one week ago, the tsa. the moment of the gunman walked up to agent hernandez and opened fire. >>> now, police are searching for a 77-year-old man who is missing for a day now, edward moore. moore takes medicatio

if you are doing any traveling, any driving through sacramento, high of 66 degrees there. 60 in yosemite. everyone seeing a lot of sunshine. here's a look at your forecast. those changes coming over the next several days. it looks like sunday and monday, that's when we see a quieter weather pattern. kind of boring weather but then the changes happened wednesday where we see that rain coming before finally clearing out and drying. thursday through saturday we even see a bit of warming trend. that's your kpix 5 weather forecast. >> mountain view-based google pushing back against government surveillance. company lawyers are warning about threats to the openness of the internet and the economy as a whole. an executive chairman says he is angry about recent reports of alleged spying by the nsa on googles overseas data centers. >> for more on the reasons for the current backlash, we are joined by nate cardoza, a staff attorney with the electronic fund here foundation. what is this tug-of-war going on between the government and google? >> google has a lot of data about all of us. they know wher

sasha flashman's high school has ties to that huge fire in the yosemite fire. the rim fire forced sasha and the entire school to evacuate maybeck high summer camp. prosecutors have filed formal hate crime charges against the teenager. they all try 16-year-old richard thomas as an adult. he wrote that thomas set the boy on fire quote because he is homophobic. >> i didn't know it was going to be that bad. >> what kind of boy is he? >> he's a good kid. a very good kid. >> police arrested the teenage suspect a day after the attack. >>> tomorrow a national day of action to protest last months fatal shooting in santa rosa. the controversial shooting sparked several protests in santa rosa where the teenager was killed last month. tomorrow demonstrations are planned in cities around the country including in san francisco, oakland, and sacramento. october 22nd a sheriffs deputy shot and killed the 13-year-old boy. lopez was holding a toy gun. it looked like a real assault weapon. the sheriffs deputy says he refused orders to drop it. >>> new reports of growing evidence

women who over the past several weeks fought california's third largest wildfire the rim fire up in yosemite. and among those fighters the fire was our san francisco firefighters who stood alongside other fire department's across the country navigate over 5 thousand people fighting the fire. and, of course, the staff and crews of the public utilities commission helped and that helped and water industry. i'm proud of their work and while we're grateful everyday for our first responders who risk their lives to protect and serve and for our police officers and firefighters who lost their lives years ago it's important we reflect on that. and certainly for our city. we've had our own including the rim fire the police and, of course, the fire department were there the first responders on a crash that will stick with me. we're living in an extraordinary city and you can is new year it that a lot of our residents are back to work. when we took office on january lifting our unemployment rates was 9 and a half percent today's it's 5.5 percent. this streamer important year our city netted over thirty

plan on 60s and 70s in the central valley, high country 45 lake tahoe and 57 yosemite, around the bay today nice temperatures, 67 san jose, 65 fremont, 68 palo alto, cool toward the coastline, low 60s, east bay temperatures 60s and 70s and then inside the bay plenty of sunshine throughout the afternoon and some great weather, overnight lows probably in the 40s again and very low towards the north bay otherwise good weather ahead, high clouds cruising by, dry weather continues on thursday and friday but over the weekend a cold front dives in our direction. i think maybe by sunday night we start to hear the pitter patter of rain drops -- >> -- pitter-patter -- >> -- that -- >> -- thank you -- >> get those out, it is game on again, we have the planned just announced for the annual sand castle competition. morning... he blew a tire on i-75 near atlanta over t weekend and spilled his pay-lo >>> a truck driver in georgia is feeling pretty lucky this morning, he blew a tire this weekend in atlanta and spilled his payload and it wasn't just any load, it was millions of these guys bees, fortun

women who over the past several weeks fought california's third largest wildfire the rim fire up in yosemiteand among those fighters the fire w

middle 40s on the southshore after bottoming out at 24 degrees. 57 degrees in yosemite and 61 degrees in monterey bay, partly cloudy skies. looking at 70 degrees. an average autumn day. a series of 60s will be common. really a perfect day as far as stats are concerned for monday. 69 degrees in concord and upper 60s and 70s. we have a passage of the area of low pressure upstream on thursday. that will leave us will cooler conditions on friday heading towards the weekend. >> a storm coming our way. >> yes. all right, thank you. >> all right, i don't know what you are going to say about the raiders today. >> i can tell you, during the week, everybody was mentioning the "p" word, playoffs, maybe the raiders could be a play off team. a .500 record was on the line today. let's just say fools found the hole. ,,,,,, the great american novel. so you can happily let life get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can a raiders win against the es would've evened their recort (

partly cloudy and 55 in yosemite. 67 and mostly sunny in the monterey bay.nd our bay today, plenty of sunshine this afternoon. as high as 70 degrees in morgan hill. 69 in san jose. about 66 in fremont and 68 degrees in redwood city. east bay temperatures very comfortable today. a little hazy. 69 degrees in pleasanton and 70 degrees in livermore. this is spare the air day. as you head inside the bay, 65 in oakland. 67 in berkeley and 65 degrees in sausalito. next couple of days, warmerrer weather on the way through saturday and sunday but come monday and tuesday the clouds start to roll back in and some much colder temperatures expected on tuesday and wednesday. even a slight chance of scattered showers. by the way, your sunrise time today is 7:05. sunset is at 4:51 p.m. but guys, next few days will be very nice. i think next we can you will have the breck out all that arctic gear. it will be chilly outside. >> going to be cold. >> brisk and windy, too. >> i like sweater weather. >> spoken like someone from colorado. >>> after eating thanksgiving dinner many

scientists at uc davis found this one suffered an early death near yosemite last month. he's been exposed to an illegal form of rat poison. >> how deadly are these chemicals? >> acutely poison just. >> reporter: so strong a quarter tea spoon can kill a 500 pound lion. pot farmers are using five times that on their plants. 86% of the fishers he's studying have been exposed to the poison. five have died so far. with the help of mark a wildlife biologist on an indian reservations, they tag the fishers and set up cameras to track them. we hikeed into one of those recently abandoned growth sites where we saw the trash. >> you'll see cans and things. >> reporter: and poison left after growers finish the season's crop. >> so many species are dependent on northern spotted owl, fishers, humble martins. >> reporter: last year a government task force spent $23 million hunting down and seizing marijuana plants on public land in california. but little funding is set aside for the clean up. and that could have effects even beyond the wildlife for years to come. >> what happens when it

. >> plus a major restoration project about to get underway in yosemite. >> plus a live look at the bayridge, sunset behind the city, 56 degrees now in san francisco and across the bay area the mild fall weather could soon be changing. we'll have a look at your workweek forecast. meningococcal meningitis, a rare but serious disease. health officials recommend vaccination. go to voicesofmeningitis.org. >>> breaking news news we're following in redwood city, a one alarm scrap metal fire has police urging residents there and in menlo park to shelter in place. it will likely take some time to put the blaze out this. fire started at 1:20 this afternoon at sims metals recycling plant located on seaport boulevard. residents are warned to stay inside and close their windows. >> we'll have more on this at 10:00. >>> meantime let's check in with mark tamayo and see what's going on with the weather. >> we're tracking the chance of a few showers in the bay area, not a bug event. we compacted possibly a -- big event. we expected possibly a series of storms, but things are cutting back quite a bit. a

the kings canyon south of yosemite. look closely and you'll see it. thousands of acres on or near u.s. forest service land used as marijuana grow sites. >> it's a huge problem. it's almost an epidemic in our community. >> reporter: an epidemic with destructive effects. now goes beyond the politics of pot. >> what we know is there is a massive use of toxicants out there. >> i know they're specifically targeting animals. anything that can kill a bear is going to kill me as well. >> reporter: it's not what they're growing, but how they're doing it that's wreaking havoc on some of california's rarest species and most precious resources. >> here is well over 1,000 pounds of marijuana. >> reporter: this is the new ground zero for marijuana cultivation in california. >> 454 grams. >> reporter: so far this year, the fresno county sheriffs department has identified more than 500 grow sites and seized more than 2,400 plants. and roughly a half a million plants were found on national parklands statewide. others were discovered just outside public land. how far a

. >>> yosemite national park officials are moving forward with the growth of sequoia trees.king lot, roads and buildings will be torn out. home to the collection of trees next summer is to help the trees survive for future general rags. the project will cost $24 million. >>> up next at 9:00, how the 49ers honored vets today at candlestick park. >>> a look at changes we could see to weather this week. lee is up next with the forecast. >>> 49ers played one of the >>> 49ers played one of the worst games of the season. we're new to town.ells. welcome to monroe. so you can move more effortlessly... we want to open a new account: checking and savings. well we can help with that. we tend to do a lot of banking online. you play? yeah discover a mobile app that lets you bank more freely... and feel at home more quickly. chase. so you can. mom swaps one of my snacks for a yoplait. i don't mind, i mean it's orange crème. and when mom said bobby was too edgy... 'sup girl. i just swapped him out for tyler. 'sup girl. mom never questioned bobby again. two can play at this game. [ female a

. >> yosemite officials are moving forward on a plap plan to restore sequoia trees. the goal is to help the old trees survive and thrive for future generations. it will cost $24 million. >> for a check on the weather, let's get to leigh glaser. >> a lot of people off tomorrow because of veterans day, and looks like we're going to see a few more cloud in the air as well as cooler temperatures. live doppler 7hd right now showing you that we had the fog this morning and you can see the low cloudiness and high and mid-level clouds developing off the coast. this is in association with a very weak cold front that will bring us more cloud coverage tomorrow. we'll take you in a little closer, and i want to touch on the fire in redwood city at the metal recycling center, which is right in this area. the winds right now are just gently moving out of the north northwest at three miles-per-hour. so communities downstream, menlo park, palo alto, also down towards mountain view and sunnyvale you may be smelling some of that smoke as those northwesterly winds will push it south and

. >>> a woman who went missing in yosemite national park this weekend was found alive today. rangers say she left her home on saturday morning to go hiking. searchers found her this morning. she suffered injuries and was airlifted to the hospital. officials say she didn't have a jacket, water or food. there is no word on her condition but rescuers say she was conscious when they found her. >>> he put his body in harm's way to break the fall of a woman as she jumped from the o.co coliseum. ktvu's eric rasmussen spoke to the man who explained how he trained for life and death situations. >> reporter: it was quite a conversation. he said it was his training as a marine that repaired him to react. this time the situation involved a fellow fan at the raiders game. >> i stook both arms bat. the procedure was -- at. the procedure was lock her in. >> reporter: he tried to catch the woman who jumped after yesterday's raiders game. he was bruised in the process but is okay. the woman is in critical condition but authorities say he saved her life. a marine, he said he didn't think twice

. >> 63 in monterey and yosemite. you will see the numbers. >> mid-60s. warmer spots inside the bay. and ought toward the coast. still chilly in spots. >> north bay is down in the 30s again. 40s. less where out in the bay. and over the next couple of day, cloud coming our way on tuesday and wednesday. things run settled. and looked toward friday and saturday. and maybe some 70s. toward the latter part of the weekend. >> we have a chance of showers. it is a cut off low. >> gives us a regular are opportunity to fine tune the forecast. >> sunrise, 7:02 a.m. >> early. >> rain on thanksgiving and take a nap. >> so, that can't ruin anybody's fun. >> that's right. there you go. >> we will be right back. [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. so much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. a turkey from safeway is just what they crave. a hero of the table, "so delicious" they'll rave. frozen, natural, fresh. it's the best selection around. spend $30 and a fresh safeway select turkey is just 99 cents a pound. so raise you

nature zones make sense in a remote wilderness like yosemite park but they're absurdly located in they limits within san francisco. the administration wants recreation out. also in 2011 they released a dog management plan that would cut or you can want with your dogs on i 1% of their land by 90%. public comment was overwhelmingly likely one opposed to the plan. do the board of supervisors voted to oppose it. we asked [inaudible] to do a thorough study. to accommodate the criticisms they announced they would redo the plan. we expected significant changes. we did not get them. the new dog management plan released last month is essentially the same as the old 2011 plan with only minor archly

. >> yosemite officials are moving forward on a plap plan to restore sequoia trees. goal is to help the old trees survive and thrive for future generations. it will cost $24 million. >> for a check on the weather, let's get to leigh glaser. >> a lot of people off tomorrow because of veterans day, and looks like we're going to see a few more cloud in the air as well as cooler temperatures. live doppler 7hd right now showing you that we had the fog this morning and you can see the low cloudiness and high and mid-level clouds developing off the coast. this is in association with a very weak cold front that will bring us more cloud coverage tomorrow. we'll take you in a little closer, and i want to touch on the fire in redwood city at the metal recycling center, which is right in this area. the winds right now are just gently moving out of the north northwest at three miles-per-hour. so communities downstream, menlo park, palo alto, also down towards mountain view and sunnyvale you may be smelling some of that smoke as those northwesterly winds will push it south and eve

. >> yosemite national park officials moving forward with a plan to restore a precious grove of ancient sequoia trees the service tearing out parking lots and a gift shop that is the home of the largest collection of big trees. the goal to allow the large trees to survive and thrive. >> there is a bear boom in the sierra. spotting one isn't rare. but getting this close, yikes. it's unusual. a group saw this bear following them down a trail one man captured the moment the bear ended up breaking off from the trail without trouble. thankfully. there are estimated 30,000 bears now in california. double the number three years ago ask decades ago. 250 of them live in lake tahoe on the california side. >> someone counted the bears. >> carefully. that is a good picture. >> a 49er has to those who've encountered a bump in the road... welcome to covered california. new, affordable health plans so you can be ready for whatever comes your way. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> coming up at 6:00 bay area veterans waited too long to collect benefits. tonight a report card on a huge government backlo

around the state 76 degrees in sacramento. 75 fresno. 69 degrees and beautiful in the high country in yosemite. 63 in lake tahoe and 63 also into monterey bay. temperatures around the bay looking nice this afternoon under sunshine. 72 and comfortable in san jose. 73 in cupertino. 65 degrees in half moon bay. 71 in hayward. east bay temperatures in the 70s may top out at 77 in pleasanton. 74 in the napa valley. inside the bay temperatures in the 60s and the 70s. so very nice weather all around the bay area. would love to get some rain in here just can't do it as long as the jet stream stays too far to the north. temperatures overnight lows going to be in the 40s and again watch out for ground fog in the north bay valley tonight and tomorrow morning but after that, here we go with that sunshine again. it will be a nice day tomorrow though slightly cooler then more clouds but the rain looks like it is going to stay to the north sunday and monday, warming temperatures up again. sunset tonight 5:00, sunrise tomorrow morning 6:49. and we will be well into our day at that point. >> no kidding. we wou

. >> the fire that burned g;g&h2ñ around yosemite national park, the rim fire, reportedly cost more than$36 million in damage to san francisco's water and power infrastructure. the third wildfire burned through most of the reservoir. the fire also burned through hydroelectric power houses and damaged or destroyed 20 miles of power lines. it brings freshwater to san francisco residents and municipal buildings. no word if the federal government will help cover the costs. >>> coming up, the bay area helps and reflects on those affected by the typhoon in the philippines. >>> and we will map out the recent quakes for you in the area and why it's happening now. >> we are seeing reduced visibility at the golden gate and other parts of the bay area. we will be walking up to -- waking up to fog tomorrow morning. >> stay tuned for inside edition tonight. find out if dentist are doing unnecessary work on your children's test. when is the best day to do anything, from applying for a job to having a baby. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to

headed to thursday afternoon, still, a lot of dry weather but in the sierra from yosemite south, we couldnow. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures in the low-to-mid 60's, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and upper 50's on thursday and friday at the coast but the rest of us in the mid-60's and saturday and sunday and a run at 70's inland. have fun. be safe. don't worry about the weather. it is looking to be dry wednesday and thursday. good news across the state. >> it is official, katie couric is taking on a new role joining yahoo early next year as the global anchor. the c.e.o. marissa mayer made the announcement say she will lead a growing team of correspondents at yahoo news cover the most interesting stories and newsmakers. she hots a talk show "katie" right here and today at 3:00, holiday shopping tips. >> it is not physical after thanksgiving that most people think of putting up the christmas three and hanging the lights, right? one family has tossed that idea out the window with one high voltage light show putting the walter likes to download fix-it videos... and watch "boardwalk

it burned 400 square miles in and around yosemite national park. state officials plan to appeal the decision. >> abc 7 news has learned that authorities are considering adding hate crime charge in the rape of student at cupertino college. assault happened inside a women bathroom on the campus on monday. victim may have been targeted because of her gender identification as pan sexual. her attacker has not been arrested but authorities believe the 2 knew each other and suspect also a difficult an is a student. >> 16-year-old boy faces hate crime charges and tried as an adult after investigators say he set another high school student on fire aboard an ac transit bus. that suspect said he did it because he's homophobe ick. the victim is still recovering at the san ran burn center. >> kaiser nurse no longer need to worry about the jobs with hayward pediatric unit shuts down later this month. they reached an agreement with the california nurse association that will give nurses preferential transfer into new positions. that unit is set to close on novembe

the fire that started near yosemite national park in august damaged the city's hetch hetchy water andr system. the examiner reports the city hopes its insurance policy will pay the damages the state doesn't cover. the federal government though has already rejected a request for disaster money. >>> 5:52. frequent liars are seeing frequent changes for the worse. how -- frequent flyers are seeing frequent changes for the worse. how california is raising thebar. >> ghost town for sale. what you can get for $225,000 coming up. ,,,,,, people across america are experiencing the amazing shine of finish quantum, voting it product of the year, better homes and garden's best new dishwasher detergent, and now it has the good housekeeping seal, giving finish quantum more honors than ever before. finish quantum delivers amazing clean and shine, which cascade actionpacs just can't do. take the finish shine challenge [monotone] she says, "switch to progressive and you could save hundreds." call or click today. tesla c-e-o elon musk told e new york times he stood by e model 's electric car. he s it's

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. >> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00 harrowing near death experience in yosemite how it left her to spend time now helping others >> if you did not hit stores today don't worry. michael finney will rejoin us and says there is hope. it's called cyber monday. >> and just around the corner. >> unlikely fans of my little pony. why it's surging in popularity among grown men. larry? have you joined this group yet? >> not yet but who knows kids in the north bay did not have far to go to find a place to play in the snow. dh dhek -- they can out. >> this downtown was transformed into a winter wonderland. >> organizers spent the nie night making fake snow the even continues from 9:00 in the morning until noon. one of the largest holiday events in the bay area and free to everybody. >> best part of it all. you know? might melt a little. get out there, quickly. world news with diane sawyer is up next. >> thanks for joining us see you again in 30 >>> this is world news, tonight black friday madness. tempers flair, millions of holiday shoppers punch into stores, triggering fights, even gun fire. americ